The Red Tape (Winrina/Ningselle)

Is she stalking me?

Jimin was flabbergasted as she saw what Minjeong was doing. What was going on in her mind to do such a thing? How had she thought of using tape to split the entire dorm room in half? The sound of pulling the tape frustrated Jimin. She couldn't handle it anymore. She stormed up to Minjeong, pulling the tape from her hands. Minjeong glowered at her, asking for the item back.

"What do you think you're doing?" Jimin fumed.

"I'm doing what's right. It's already frustrating having you in this room with me, I'm not going to deal with anymore. Either you live with this or find your own place." Minjeong suggested, pulling the tape off Jimin.

She scoffed but let Minjeong be, knowing that butting heads with her would be a bad choice at this time. On the bright side, it would mean that they'd respect each others boundaries.

Unable to bear the screeching noise, Jimin left the room to join Aeri. She knocked on their dorm door, greeting Ningning with a smile as she opened the door first.

"Is everything okay?" Ningning asked.

"She's splitting the entire dorm room in half." Jimin sighed, making Ningning widen her eyes.

"What?!" Ningning gasped.

"I'm sorry if I end up popping by here more than usual. It's still hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that I'll be rooming with her." Jimin apologised.

"Being her friend of five years, I completely understand." Ningning offered an assuring smile, patting Jimin's back. "Let me go have a talk with her."

Aeri came out of the bathroom as they finished their conversation. Ningning tried to hide her blush upon seeing her wrapped in a towel, but it was noticed by Jimin, who only chuckled at the effect. Aeri looked between them in confusion, wondering if they were teasing her.

"I'll get changed quickly." Aeri muttered.

"Oh, no, take your time." Jimin grinned cheekily, earning a jab from Ningning.

"Are you okay, Jimin?" Aeri snickered.

"More than fine." Jimin struggled to keep in her laughter as Ningning whined beside her.

"Aeri, I'm just going to Minjeong's dorm. I'll see you later." Ningning escaped, almost running out the door.

Jimin shook her head at the sight, finding the mutual attraction between the pair quite cute. Seeing someone who made Aeri speechless? It's a rare catch.

"What happened?" Aeri asked as soon as Ningning left.

Jimin sighed heavily, groaning and collapsing on Aeri's bed. She was lucky to have no restrictions on her living arrangement with Ningning. She had no idea what she was going to return to when she went back to her dorm room afterward. It infuriated her that Jimin let herself be controlled by that girl without putting up an effort of rejection.

She understood respecting boundaries, but this was too much.

"I'm about to go nuts. She's so infuriating." Jimin screamed into the pillow on her bed.

"Just deal with it for a little while." Aeri encouraged, patting Jimin's head. "Do you want to go out for food and drinks? Might make you feel less worrying about class tomorrow, too."

"Argh. I just need an escape." Jimin agreed, jumping off the bed.

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Jimin blinked thrice, not believing her line of sight.

"Is she stalking me?" Jiminasked out loud.

They'd arrived at a fast food restaurant about fifteen minutes ago and just finished ordering. Leaving the campus had done wonders, but the cause of her stress had followed her. Minjeong stood at the entrance with Ningning.